Weather Records on 15 July 1952

825 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1952. Highest significance: Grapevale, ZA.

Key Facts for 15 July 1952

On 15 July 1952, 825 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 278 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 811 daily.
Grapevale set a daily record precipitation of 25.1 mm (1.0 in) on 15 July 1952.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

825 stations

825 station records on 15 July 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grapevale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Kaluga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jankia	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Merweville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

825 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 162, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 295.

Records on 15 July 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	162
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 811.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

659 broken records

Margins by which the 659 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1952

Top 20 records on 15 July 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1952	Grapevale, ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Kualapuu 534, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	The Cliff, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Wichita Mtn Wr, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Nyngan (Kaluga), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Lawton, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Waterford, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	St Charles de Mandeville, CA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Molteno (Mun), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Ninette, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Dewetsdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Lowell, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Wytheville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Lancaster 4 WSW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1952	Lansing, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 825 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 1952-07-15: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	582
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2